April Fool Luger

[Big Norm]

Thor,
you are exactly right. Newbies should be made aware of various phoney sales pitches. A few weeks ago I bought an excellent 1917 navy off of a fella and he told me that he paid $3500 for it ten years ago. Yah right. Ten years ago you could have gotten the same gun for $2500 or so. But I didn't say anything because the gun was excellent and I didn't pay $3500 for it. Besides, the guy also had an excellent 1913 Erfurt army that I wanted. I now have both guns but I later told the guy that I felt that I paid a tad too much for some obsolete Lugers. He laughed at that one but I had politely given him a small double message while buying his guns without destroying the negotiations.
Another message that we should give to newbies is that we should not pay any attention to what some other guy paid for a gun. That is the 'greater fool' philosophy of selling a gun. What someone else paid for a gun is history. What a gun is currently worth is what some one else is willing to pay for it now.
Big Norm